World’s first biofuel rocket takes flight for the first time
Maine-based bluShift Aerospace developed fuel for the rocket using farm waste
The unmanned bluShift rocket takes off from Limestone in Maine, US on Jan 31
Credit: BluShift
A rocket company that hopes to become the “Uber for space” has launched the world’s first biofuel-powered rocket.
Brunswick-based bluShift Aerospace’s 20ft prototype hit an altitude of around 4,000ft in a first run designed to test the rocket’s propulsion and control systems on Sunday.
Sascha Deri, founder of bluShift Aerospace, told the BBC the rocket’s biofuel took six years to create and is sourced from farms. He would not expand on exactly how it is made.